The Ministry of Finance announced an increase in the volume of currency sales in the domestic market

In January–February 2026, the volume of sales of foreign currency and gold in the domestic market will almost double. The decision is related to the deviation of the actual oil and gas revenues of the federal budget from the forecast values for December last year. This was announced on January 15 on the official website of the Ministry of Finance of Russia.

"The expected volume of additional oil and gas revenues of the federal budget is projected in January 2026 in the amount of -231.9 billion rubles. The total deviation of the actually received oil and gas revenues from the expected monthly volume of oil and gas revenues and the estimate of the base monthly volume of oil and gas revenues from the base monthly volume of oil and gas revenues in December 2025 amounted to 39.8 billion rubles," the report says.

It is specified that, taking into account these indicators, the total amount of funds allocated for the sale of foreign currency and gold will reach 192.1 billion rubles. Currency transactions will be conducted from January 16 to February 5, 2026. Thus, the daily sales volume will amount to the equivalent of 12.8 billion rubles.

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